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Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars?
The Atlantic ^
| Mar 25 2012, 9:00 AM ET
| By Jordan Weissmann
Posted on 03/27/2012 7:47:55 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:50:39 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: DeaconBenjamin
No job, no money, no car buying.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:51:56 PM PDT
by
Josh Painter
("We intend to change Washington, not accomodate it." - Newt Gingrich)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Welp, the car replaced the horse as the primary source of personal mobility.
Those who don't want personal mobility ---- ????? Does not compute.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:52:18 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: DeaconBenjamin
Twelve years of public indoctrination, uh, I mean schooling, will do that!
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:53:10 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(FOCUS ON FACTS: 0bamaCare Hated. Worst Recovery. Failed Stimulus. Worst Deficits.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars?No job. No money.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:53:10 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
("The Germans: At your feet, or at your throat" - Winston Churchill)
To: DeaconBenjamin
They might consider how often the parents are buying the cars for their live-in children, which show up in the stats as adult buys.
To: GeronL; DeaconBenjamin; Anoreth
Anoreth has a car, but she’s not married and lives in base housing. It’s a sensible but reasonably sporty black Neon, from the same used-car lot where we bought “The Grape,” the purple Tracer she learned to drive in. The Grape is on its third teen driver, and holding up well.
Buying a new car, in most cases, is not the smartest choice ... although I guess someone has to, or there wouldn’t be used cars!
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:53:35 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Anoreth is 21 ... you should be so smart, so strong, so killer-cool!)
To: DeaconBenjamin
How can they afford them?
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:54:00 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Clearly it’s time for the government to compel these youngsters to buy a Volt. I’m sure it is constitutional.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:54:14 PM PDT
by
GnL
To: DeaconBenjamin
Its easy to not buy a car when you live with mummy and daddy.
Hey millenials, grow up and GTFU out of the nest!
To: DeaconBenjamin
Obama gas prices are driving young car buyers to cheap Korean imports.
How’s that Obama support working out, blue state Detroit Auto Workers?
Volt factory workers?
Hmm? Any second thoughts about maybe you’re on the wrong side yet?
To: DeaconBenjamin
1) Are they counting illegal aliens?
2) Are they even advertising cars to the male audience anymore?
3) Maybe all the men are home, with their porn?
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:54:56 PM PDT
by
donna
(Republicans won't change their ways until conservatives draw the line.)
To: hinckley buzzard
I bought my first car (1981 Toyota mini-pickup) from my parents. That wouldn’t be on anyone’s statistics!
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:55:09 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Anoreth is 21 ... you should be so smart, so strong, so killer-cool!)
To: hinckley buzzard
And oh yes, only suckers buy new cars these days, when a two year old used car is half the price and still lasts ten years.
To: Tax-chick
No thanks to “Cash For Suckers”, the price of Used Cars skyrocketed.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:55:19 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: dfwgator
There was no cash involved, just a chit for a fraction of the cost of another vehicle. Who’s that dumb, anyway?
And we did notice the price of used cars going up, as well as the disappearance of many used-car dealers on the US Highway through our county.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:57:39 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Anoreth is 21 ... you should be so smart, so strong, so killer-cool!)
To: DeaconBenjamin; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy
My two main reasons:
1. My childhood memories (70’s and 80’s) of my parents with their POS American cars that no matter what, never seemed to run right and were always in the shop. I remember my Mom's Pinto in particular - what utter garbage that was. The American Trabant.
2. I will not support the UAW. Sorry Ford, that includes you too. Even though you do produce some nice vehicles.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:57:50 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
To: DeaconBenjamin
The government’s cash for klunkers program destroyed many of what would be “affordable” starter cars. We all had beaters when we were young. We bought better used when we could afford it and then finally new. Uncle Obie plugged the pipeline of cheap starter cars for young folks.
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:58:08 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: DeaconBenjamin
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posted on
03/27/2012 7:58:48 PM PDT
by
funfan
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